Welcome!
The Kumul Cubers are Papua New Guinea's pioneer speedcubing team at World Cube Association competitions. We exists to foster and grow a love for cubing for everyone, especially Papua New Guineans. We are a global team of speedcubers originally from Papua New Guinea and we stand to encourage people of all ages and races to pursue your passion, grow your gifts and God-given talent and to invest your time, money and resources in to things that will add value to your own life. The great thing about cubing is that there is no age limit to the fun that these cool puzzles bring. Whether you are a seasoned speed-cuber looking to better your P.B, or a beginner just getting in to it to get some mental exercise, one thing is for sure, it is loads of fun! So grab yourself a cube, and have fun!!
Founders of the Kumul Cubers- the Tekwie family at the Brisbane Is Back On 2021 competition in January.
Kumul Cubers
Joshua Tekwie
Meet Joshy, at 15 years old he holds 10 National Record singles and 8 National Record averages for PNG. His single fastest solve for the 3x3 cube is 9.81s. Joshy started cubing in 2018 at age 9 and continues to improve at each competition. He loves to mentor and learn from other cubers he meets. He is excited to know that there are many more people joining our Kumul Cuber family who are clocking super fast times.
Caleb Tekwie
Caleb, 13 years old, has been cubing since 2018, and has the rare honour of being the first Papua New Guinean to register an official WCA recognised time in a WCA sanctioned event - Brisbane Winter 2018. Caleb currently has a comp PR of 14.42 seconds for the 3x3x3 and has held the PNG National Record (NR) for the pyraminx since January 2021 when he started competing in the event. His current single fastest time for pyraminx is 5.67 seconds.
Israel Tekwie
Israel, "but you can call me Izzy" as he likes to introduce himself, is now 10 years old. He is the youngest official member of the Kumul Cubers family and competed in his first competition Brisbane Is Back On 2021 where he set his first official time of 50.20 seconds. Izzy clocked his current personal best time in July this year with a 26.81s solve. He is the smallest but loudest Kumul Cuber so far! :)
Upcoming Events
- 2022: The Kumul Cubers are preparing to attend the inaugural Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022. This will be hosted in Melbourne. More details on this competition can be found here.
- 2022: Kumul Cubers are excited to announce that we are currently working closely with the World Cubing Association to host our first-ever WCA sanctioned Speedcubing Competition in PNG in the near future. Details will be released soon so practice, practice and practice!.